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Reflecting on Graduate Outcomes survey response rates in unpredictable times
Head of Research and InsightHaving recently closed the second cycle of Graduate Outcomes, we wanted to pause to reflect on the progress that has been made in the collection of this important data set. With increasing demand for online survey participation and a growing sense of respondent fatigue, we anticipated an adverse impact on the survey’s response rates. However, these fears have since been allayed by a growth in the overall response rate achieved by the close of the collection year.
Why is it important that you participate in the Graduate Outcomes survey, now more than ever?
Head of Research and InsightWhy should graduates make the time to participate in the Graduate Outcomes survey in the middle of a pandemic?
HE Provider Data: Finance – open data updated
Data on the finances of higher education providers has been updated with information from 52 English providers.
Data Matters conference 2021 open for booking
Booking is now open for the 2021 Data Matters conference 26 - 27 January 2021.
HESA research finds Black graduates are less likely to report being satisfied with their career
Black graduates who enter higher education aged 25 or under are 2.6 percentage points less likely to report being satisfied with their career relative to White graduates in the same age group. For older graduates, the difference was even greater at approximately 9 percentage points.
Update on Graduate Outcomes data and league tables
Head of Official StatisticsAt HESA, a key part of our work on Graduate Outcomes is ensuring that league tables, like the wider higher education sector, understand the Graduate Outcomes survey data and the key differences from the Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE).
Experimental statistics from the new Graduate Outcomes survey released
Graduate Outcomes is the largest annual social survey in the UK. Summary results released today show the activities of graduates from the 2017/18 academic year 15 months after completion of a HE course.
Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Statistics: UK, 2017/18 - Summary
Annual first release of graduate outcomes data for 2017/18.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0
Don't mistake Graduate Outcomes for DLHE
Head of Research and InsightNeha Agarwal explains the connection between the two graduate surveys and the dissimilarities which make it impossible to compare them.
Graduate Outcomes dissemination policy published
HESA has published its policy for releasing data from the new Graduate Outcomes survey ahead of its first experimental Statistical Bulletin on 18 June.